Word: caruso
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...international finance and society, it rivaled New York City and Paris, and it took perverse pride in its reputation, well earned by the depravity of the carnal Barbary Coast, as "the wickedest city in the world." The evening of April 17, when the nonpareil Enrico Caruso sang in Carmen at the Grand Opera House before repairing to the fabulous Palace Hotel (a telephone and bath for every room, no less), was simply the glittering usual. As the populace drifted to sleep that night, all was well. Who could have dreamed that in only a few hours little would remain...
...Sirena Caruso, a tenant who lived in Stevens' house between 1981 and 1985, paints a different picture. "He was very bizarre," says Caruso. She moved out of the house soon after discovering bullet holes in Stevens' room. According to Caruso, Stevens had a collection of mannequins, X-rated videos, videotaping equipment and a secret room hidden behind a moving bookcase. Caruso and her boyfriend, she recalls, used to joke that Stevens was the Green River killer. One day she even asked Stevens about it. "Don't start that rumor," he reportedly answered. "People around here think I'm weird enough...
...some of the 2,200 convicts on death row, 31 of whom committed their crimes as juveniles and as many as 30% of whom may be retarded or mentally impaired. While liberal activists fumed at the rulings, conservative legal experts and law-enforcement officials gave strong approval. Commented Phil Caruso, president of New York City's Patrolmen's Benevolent Association: "These are sound decisions, in keeping with what's happening on our streets today. We're talking about teenagers who have reached the age of intellectual maturity, who can distinguish right from wrong and who have committed heinous acts...
...pedigree of astrology in ancient times had a certain splendor. But astrology has been intellectually weightless since Isaac Newton. Yet it accomplished a miraculous revival around the turn of the century. King Edward VII (Scorpio) and Enrico Caruso (Pisces) consulted astrologers. The '60s, the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, brought in the great age of astral tourism...
...companies charge the equivalent of $1.30 a day for comparable coverage, rental-car companies are overcharging U.S. consumers up to $2 billion annually on C.D.W.s alone, according to David Cohen, a Massachusetts state legislator. Rental-agency executives claim otherwise. "Waivers do not make any profit for us," says Henry Caruso, president of Dollar Rent...